Environmental and Wilderness Medicine, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, E-Book
Environmental and Wilderness Medicine, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, E-Book

Author: Cheyenne Falat

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2024-06-25

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0443129606

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In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. C Cheyenne Falat and Stephanie Lareau bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Environmental and Wilderness Medicine. Emergency medicine physicians must be equipped with the knowledge to effectively care for patients who push the limits of this world and are exposed to the extremes of temperature, altitude, terrain, physical activity, flora and fauna—and even outer space. This issue addresses each of these topics with guidance from top experts in the field. - Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including altitude related conditions; dive related illness and injury; desert medicine; endurance sporting events; tick borne diseases; climate change; space medicine; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on environmental and wilderness medicine, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Infectious Disease Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, E-Book
Infectious Disease Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, E-Book

Author: Christopher M. Colbert

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2024-04-22

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0443130469

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In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. Christopher M. Colbert, Bradley W. Frazee, and Michael Pulia bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Infectious Disease Emergencies. Top experts in the field discuss key topics such as diabetic foot infections, tick-borne illness, STI diagnosis and management in the ED, bioterrorism, fever and rash, and more. - Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including updates on pneumonia; global medicine updates; COVID diagnosis and treatment; cutting-edge diagnostics and stewardship interventions; newly-approved antibiotics; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on infectious disease emergencies, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Psychiatric and Behavioral Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, E-Book
Psychiatric and Behavioral Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, E-Book

Author: Eileen F. Baker

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2023-11-20

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 044318237X

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In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. Eileen F. Baker and Catherine A. Marco bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Psychiatric and Behavioral Emergencies. Top experts cover key topics such as the emergency psychiatric interview; the agitated patient; the suicidal or homicidal patient; excited delirium; substance use disorders; schizophrenia; depression; and more. - Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including bipolar affective disorder; geriatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies; personality disorders; malingering; legal and ethical considerations; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on psychiatric and behavioral emergencies, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Endocrine and Metabolic Emergencies , An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, E-Book
Endocrine and Metabolic Emergencies , An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, E-Book

Author: George C Willis

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2023-09-28

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 0443182213

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In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. George Willis and Bennett A. Myers bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Endocrine and Metabolic Emergencies. Endocrine and metabolic emergencies, both those that are commonly encountered in day-to-day emergency medicine and those that are rarely seen, can result in serious complications that can be life-threatening if not recognized, diagnosed, and appropriately managed. In this issue, top experts in the field cover key topics such as diabetic ketoacidosis; hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state; disorders of sodium and potassium; hypoglycemia; and more. - Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including the changing face of diabetes; adrenal emergencies; alcoholic metabolic disease; neonatal endocrine diseases; disorders of calcium and magnesium; metabolic acid-base disorders; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on endocrine and metabolic emergencies, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Geriatric Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, E-Book
Geriatric Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, E-Book

Author: Brendan G. Magauran Jr

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2016-08-12

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 0323459625

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This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics focuses on Geriatric Emergencies. Articles include: Recent Trends in Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Resuscitation of the Elderly, Pharmacology in the Geriatric Patient, Trauma and Falls in the Elderly, Sepsis and Infectious Emergencies in the Elderly, Evaluation of the Geriatric Patient with Chest Pain, Evaluation of Dyspnea in the Elderly, Abdominal Pain in the Geriatric Patient, Neurologic Emergencies in the Elderly, Evaluation of Syncope, Altered Mental Status and Delirium, and more!

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Author: Eric A. Weiss

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2017-04-19

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0323528376

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Drs. Eric Weiss and Douglas Sward have assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. Article topics include: Advances in the Prevention and Treatment of High Altitude Illness; Out-of-hospital Evaluation and Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia; Arthropod Envenomation in North America; North American Snake Envenomation; Cutting Edge Management of Frostbite;Updates in Decompression Illness; Marine Envenomation; Is There a Doctor on Board: Medical Emergencies at 40,000 Feet; Translating Battlefield Medicine to Wilderness Medicine; The Application of Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Austere Environments; Wilderness EMS Systems; Preparing for International Travel & Global Medical Care; and Medical-legal Issues in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine.

Medical-Surgical Nursing - E-Book
Medical-Surgical Nursing - E-Book

Author: Donna D. Ignatavicius

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2015-01-30

Total Pages: 1735

ISBN-13: 0323392695

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Using a unique collaborative care approach to adult health nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing: Patient-Centered Collaborative Care, 8th Edition covers the essential knowledge you need to succeed at the RN level of practice. Easy-to-read content includes evidence-based treatment guidelines, an enhanced focus on QSEN competencies, and an emphasis on developing clinical judgment skills. This edition continues the book’s trendsetting tradition with increased LGBTQ content and a new Care of Transgender Patients chapter. Written by nursing education experts Donna Ignatavicius and M. Linda Workman, this bestselling text also features NCLEX® Exam-style challenge questions to prepare you for success on the NCLEX Exam. Cutting-edge coverage of the latest trends in nursing practice and nursing education prepares you not just for today’s nursing practice but also for tomorrow’s.

Wilderness and Rescue Medicine
Wilderness and Rescue Medicine

Author: Jeff Isaac

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2011-11-29

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0763789208

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Wilderness and Rescue Medicine covers the requisite topics from altitude illness to SCUBA and snakebites to frostbite, but the text's most important features are the general principles that tie the content together. The text highlights the skills and insight needed to think critically and exercise reasonable judgment at any level of medical trainin

Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine
Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine

Author: Paul S. Auerbach

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 740

ISBN-13:

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This field-guide handbook, based upon Dr. Auerbach's text Wilderness Medicine, 4th Edition, focuses on information that is needed when medical situations present in the wilderness setting. Perfect for the physician on the go, this new 2nd edition includes more chapters and appendixes for an even quicker more complete reference! Complements Wilderness Medicine, 4th Edition. Perfect for the physician on the go. Comprehensive coverage of outdoor medicine. New chapters include: Solar Radiation and Sunscreen, Emergency Airway Management, Emergency Oxygen Administration, Pain Management, Cardiopulmonary Emergencies, Neurological Emergencies, Improvised Litters and Carriers, Aeromedical Transport, Survival, Knots, Children in the Wilderness, Women in the Wilderness. Includes information on splints, slings, dressings, and hot spots. Expanded coverage of Animal Attacks and Zoonoses (diseases carried by animals that can be transmitted to humans, i.e. rabies). 6 Appendixes, including: Priority First Aid Equipment, Contingency Supplies for Wilderness Travel, and Medicine Specific to Women's Health.

Clinical Toxicology, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
Clinical Toxicology, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Author: Daniel M Lugassy

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2014-02-28

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 032326655X

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This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics focuses on Clinical Toxicology and is edited by Drs. Daniel Lugassy and Silas Smith and includes such topics as Emerging Drugs of Abuse, Pediatric Toxicology; Dosing and Medical Errors and Child Abuse,The Approach to Toxin-Induced Coagulopathy,The Approach to Toxin-Induced Cardiovascular Failure, The Approach to Toxin-Induced Metabolic Acidosis, The Approach to Withdrawal Syndromes, The Approach to Radiation Exposure, and more.